Rwanda: Over 70 Patients Stuck at Ndera Neuropsychiatric Hospital
[New Times] Dozens of patients are facing prolonged stays at Ndera Neuropsychiatric Teaching Hospital, as they are unable to leave due to the lack of host families willing to accommodate them. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 5, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Starlife Assurance Pays Medical Bills for 20 New Mothers
[Ghanaian Times] A total of 20 new mothers at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Tamale Teaching Hospital and Mother and Child Hospital, Kasoa have had their bills paid for by StarLife Assurance, paving way for them to be discharged. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - May 25, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Effectiveness of implementing of an infection control link nurse program to improve compliance with standard precautions and hand hygiene among nurses: a quasi-experimental study
Background: Standard precautions (SPs) including hand hygiene are considered fundamental protective measures to manage health care-associated infections (HCAIs) and to reduce occupational health hazards. The purpose of this research was to examine the effectiveness of an infection control link nurse (ICLN) program on compliance with SPs and hand hygiene among nurses. Methods: A quasi-experimental study with a pretest-post-test design was conducted with participating of 154 clinical nurses who worked in different wards of a tertiary referral teaching hospital in Iran. The intervention group (n = 77) had 16 infection control...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Can We See More Smiling Babies in Rwanda and Around the World?
By Carol Bales,
Communications manager, IntraHealth International ; Kayinamura Mwali Assumpta,
Deputy chief of party/Technical director for the Ingobyi Activity
A baby plays with his mother at Nyanza District Hospital. Photo by Innocent Ishimwe for IntraHealth International.May 08, 2023We’re almost at the halfway mark for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, including dramatically reducing maternal mortality, ending preventable newborn and child deaths, and ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health services. Butnew reports show that many countries are off track. I sat down with Ka...
Source: IntraHealth International - May 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Tags: Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health Health Workforce Systems Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2024 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Rural Emergency Hospital and Physician-Owned Hospital Requirements; and Provider and Supplier Disclosure of Ownership
Notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2024. Contains details of changes impacting Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals and inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals, among other things. This proposed rule also includes information and updates on the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation. Comments are due by June 9, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - May 1, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: Microsurgery in Rwanda Could Lower Amputation Cases - Plastic Surgeon
[New Times] A group of doctors from Sweden and the US together with their Rwandan colleagues recently launched and effectively conducted a microsurgery visiting professor programme, the first of its kind, at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK), focusing on lower limb reconstruction. Three patients had a successful operation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 25, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The history and evolution of the West African College of Surgeons/Jos University Teaching Hospital Trauma Management Course - Sule AZ, Alayande BT, Ojo EO, Taiwo FO, Riviello RR, Chirdan LB, Ezeome ER, Mshelbwala PM, Ugwu BT, Yawe KDT.
BACKGROUND: Inadequate trauma care training opportunities exist in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Jos University Teaching Hospital and the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) have synergized, over the past 15 years, to introduce a yearly, certified... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Quality Improvement to Promote Sepsis Reassessment: The Sepsis Reassessment Protocol Improvement Project (SRPIP)
Conclusions: The results demonstrate that education, combined with RSAs, can improve protocol knowledge and compliance. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quality Improvement to Promote Sepsis Reassessment: The Sepsis Reassessment Protocol Improvement Project (SRPIP)
Conclusions: The results demonstrate that education, combined with RSAs, can improve protocol knowledge and compliance. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals; etc.
Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2024. Contains details of changes impacting Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals and inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals, among other things. This proposed rule also includes information and updates on the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation. Comments are due by June 9, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates vi...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 11, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
HistoSonics Announces First Ever Kidney Tumor Treatment Using Histotripsy
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, (UK) Performs Non-Invasive Histotripsy in Patient with Primary Solid Renal Tumor
MINNEAPOLIS, March 30, 2023 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- HistoSonics, (www.histosonics.com), the developer of a non-inv... Devices, Oncology HistoSonics, histotripsy (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - March 30, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Patients with multi-drug-resistant organisms feel inadequately informed about their status: adverse effects of contact isolation
Conclusion: These findings underline the importance of adequate patient communication. It is essential for patients ' well-being to receive timely, relevant, and understandable information about the background and consequences of their infection or colonisation with MDROs. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quality Improvement to Promote Sepsis Reassessment The Sepsis Reassessment Protocol Improvement Project (SRPIP)
Conclusion(s): The results demonstrate that education, combined with RSAs, can improve protocol knowledge and compliance. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Acute kidney injury among children likely associated with diethylene glycol-contaminated medications - The Gambia, June-September 2022 - Bastani P, Jammeh A, Lamar F, Malenfant JH, Adewuyi P, Cavanaugh AM, Calloway K, Crisp C, Fofana N, Hallett TC, Jallow A, Muoneke U, Nyassi M, Thomas J, Troeschel A, Yard E, Yeh M, Bittaye M.
On July 26, 2022, a pediatric nephrologist alerted The Gambia's Ministry of Health (MoH) to a cluster of cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) among young children at the country's sole teaching hospital, and on August 23, 2022, MoH requested assistance from ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
University of Minnesota seeks $950M to buy teaching hospitals out of Fairview/Sanford merger
University of Minnesota Medical Center hospitals currently owned by Fairview Health could once again belong directly to the university as part of a $950 million proposal by the U, prompted by Fairview's planned merger with Sanford Health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 24, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: news
